Goodbye to Europe

Thursday morning was mums birthday, so it was sad to have to leave. I departed them at the train station and made my way to the airport. At the airport I spent a while lining up in the easyjet queue (who i usually fly with) and then at the last minute realised I was flying with another company. When I got into Schiphol Hannie was there to pick me up. I went back to her house for the night, and the next day i went for a walk with Hans around the area. It was such a lovely hot summers day. Later in the afternoon I took the train to Barendrecht where Ada met me. I was going to stay with them for the rest of the time in Holland. Ada has the best house, its apartment style and really cool and modern. For dinner Ada, Inge, Liesbeth, Marten and I went out to an indian restaurant for dinner in Rotterdam. On the saturday Liesbeth, Inge and I went to a dutch beach for the entire day. This was so great, the weather was fantastic and it was great to say that I went swimming in the dutch ocean on a hot sunny day, even if it was the day before I left. The beach was very crowded, the sand was hot and there were lots of topless women which once again made me feel uncomfortable. The sea was very warm, but very shallow with no waves, and there was lots of seaweed floating everywhere - perfect for seaweed wars! In the evening we all went around to Liesbeth and Martens apartment for a barbeque dinner, prepared earlier by Ada. It was such a fun night, we ate great food and sat out on the balcony until it got dark. Then I needed to go back and pack for the next day..which was so hard, i ended up leaving alot of gear behind for mum and dad to take back to New Zealand with them. Saturday night I couldnt sleep because I was so nervous and excited about going back home. On Sunday morning we went to church in Den Haag because Paul's son was getting baptised. It was a lovely service, but incredibly boring for me because the whole service was in dutch. Liesbeth, Marten and I busted a move early to get me to Schiphol in time. I said goodbye to them at the check in and made my way into the duty free shops. So this is it...Im heading home sweet home!!